Drugs and the human body
Subtitle: with implications for society
By: Ken Liska
Edition: 6th ed.
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Upper Saddle River, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 498
ISBN-13: 9780130401724
Subjects: Drugs.; Drugs -- Social aspects.; Drugs of abuse.; Psychotropic drugs.; Pharmaceutical Preparations.; Pharmacology.; Sociology, Medical.; Médicaments.; Médicaments -- Aspect social.; Drogues.; Psychotropes.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The magic bullets; title: Where drugs come from; title: Federal laws : the FDA and drug testing : penalties for illicit use; title: What happens to drugs after we take them; title: Drugs at the synapse; title: Narcotic analgesics : opiates and opioids; title: Cocaine, amphetamines, caffeine, nicotine, and other stimulants; title: The barbiturates : battered but still here; title: Alcohol and 100 million Americans; title: The major and minor tranquilizers; title: Marijuana; title: Hallucinogens, street drugs, designer drugs, and some observations; title: The pill : an update; title: OTC nonnarcotic pain relievers : aspirin, acetaminophen, ibuprofen, naproxen sodium, ketoprofen, and fenoprofen; title: Additional OTC drugs and chemicals; title: Personal drug testing; title: Drugs in sports.